Where does “tolppakamera” come from?
tolppakamera (Finnish) comes from Finnish kamera, from Swedish kamera, from New Latin camera obscura, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
tolppakamera (Finnish): a camera mounted on a pole, usually a speeding camera
Definitions
- a camera mounted on a pole, usually a speeding camera
Ancestry of “tolppakamera”, step by step
tolppakamera traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kamera
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kamera | camera |
| 2 | Swedish | kamera | camera |
| 3 | New Latin | camera obscura | dark chamber |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Finnish tolppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tolppa | post, pole, stilt; bollard; Short for maalitolppa |
| 2 | Finnish | torppari | crofter; By extension, any person who is in a... |
| 3 | Swedish | torpare | one who lives in a "torp", a small cottage,... |
| 4 | Swedish | -are | Regular construction of comparative: ful →... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | -are | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria |
| 6 | Old Norse | -ari | a suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;... |
| 7 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |